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1946
Hugh served in U.S Army for 2 years. After his time in the army he wrote for the military New Paper. -
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1949
Hugh worked as an assistant personnel manager for the Chicago Carton Company as an advertising copywriter for the Carson Pirie Scott department store before .Then landing a job as a promotion copywriter with the magazine ‘Esquire’. -
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1952
He worked at the magazine company till 1952 and left after being denied a $5 raise. -
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1952
he decided to finally launched the magazine company known today as ‘Playboy’. -
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1953
His Magazine featured a nude image of the famous Marilyn Monroe. The magazine was an instant success and sold over 50,000 copies. -
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1960's
Hefner’s name had become linked with the “Good Life” that many Americans wanted—not only was he very wealthy, he was also always surrounded by beautiful women. -
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1960's
He extended his business to purchase what is known as the Playboy Mansion. He opened the first Playboy Club. He also wrote several editorials in his magazine saying what he called “The Playboy Philosophy” which made ‘Playboy’ to become the largest-selling men’s magazine in the world. -
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1969's
Hefner hosted two television series, ‘Playboy's Penthouse’ and ‘Playboy After Dark’. -
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1970
The magazine company was selling in excess of seven million copies a month at this point. -
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1980
Hugh Hefner’s had a stroke which caused him to turned over control of Playboy Enterprises to his daughter Christie.